Information Systems for Sustainable Development
Contributors: Lorenz M. Hilty (Editor); E. K. Seifert (Editor); Rene Treibert (Editor)
Publisher: IGI Global; Idea Group Pub.
Published: September 2004
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 378
ISBN-13: 9781591403432
Subjects: Applications of Computing; Sustainability; Sustainable development; Information Management; Business / Economics / Finance; Business & Economics; Public Policy - Economic Policy; Business/Economics; Politics / Current Events; Information Technology; Development - Sustainable Development; Management Information Systems
First sentence: ISO 14031 on "Environmental Performance Evaluation" (EPE) was released in late 1999 and published in Germany by DIN in early 2000 also as DIN EN ISO 14031 in two languages (German and English) as the last standard of the original ISO-14000 family started in 1993 as a follow-up to the UN world summit in Rio 1992.
Description: "Information Systems for Sustainable Development provides the reader with a unique survey of information systems projects contributing to sustainable development in the private and public sectors, as well as with the conceptual and methodological background of such information systems. The reader will find examples of inspiring applications based on a broad range of ICT platforms, ranging from Web-based technologies to remote sensing and Geographic Information Systems (GIS)."--BOOK JACKET.